Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade in any way, the only character I own is myself and anything else I use in this story is purely coincidental.
Chapter 8: Divide and Conquer
When the guys entered the courtyard, Voltaire nodded to Boris who looked behind himself into the dark archway which led to a dark corridor.
"Grandfather, what is going on?" Kai demanded to know.
"Have some patience, grandson. This sort of plan needs to be taken carefully." answered Voltaire.
"Voltaire, you listen to me. Where is Dawn and what have you done to her?" asked Hilary bravely.
"She's fine. She's better than ever thanks to Biovolt." he answered and Hilary cringed slightly, but Kai growled.
"Where is she?!" Kai shouted at Voltaire and Tyson flinched at the loud volume in Kai's voice.
"Kai, don't be like that. You'll never see your girlfriend with that attitude." answered Voltaire.
Kai frowned and Daichi chuckled to himself immaturely.
"Better, now Bladebreakers, it's time to meet your doom and the end of your pathetic, worthless beyblading lives." he continued.
Voltaire turned back to Boris and Boris nodded.
"That's your cue, Miss Dawn." he said.
The others gasped slightly and from the dark shadows of the archway came a figure with slashed clothes covered by a long coat. It was me!
"Oh my..." said Hilary in surprise and covered her mouth with her hands.
"She has been treated so badly I can't believe she's even lasted." said Ray in surprise.
"She's tough, like the rest of us. It's her eyes that scare me." said Max.
My eyes, once a shining blue behind my glasses, were now a very dark blue, almost like black and were cold. Empty almost. Plus, I wasn't wearing my glasses anymore. Something Black Drazier had done supposedly.
"She looks unfit to battle, so why bring us all out here to face her like this?" asked Kenny.
"Because freaks don't care about her condition, as long as she carries out orders." said Daichi.
"She needs our help and we will help her." said Tyson.
"Dawn...I'm sorry." said Kai quietly.
Voltaire glanced over me and smiled.
"You look ready to battle them, so...Dawn, please walk forward. Your opponent will be..." he said and turned to the Bladebreakers. "Grandson."
Kai's eyes widened.
"No, grandfather. I can't battle her." said Kai and Voltaire frowned then turned back to me.
"Well, Kai, if you want to be like that. Black Drazier, show what you can do when you're merged with a human." said Voltaire.
At the last part, all the guys gasped and faced me.
"Did he say mer-ged?" asked Daichi confused.
"Merged, Daichi and it means that Dawn and Black Drazier are one. They share the same body." said Kenny.
"No way! That's abnormal." said Daichi.
"Screw abnormal. It's impossible." said Kenny.
"Obviously not, but what does it achieve?" asked Kai.
"You'll see." said Voltaire.
Black Drazier took that as the go ahead and started to increase his power inside me and I screamed in pain and fell to my knees.
"Dawn!" shouted Kai, but Tyson stopped him from running forward.
"Cool it, Kai. You shouldn't lose your temper." he said.
Kai pushed Tyson off of him, but kept back. I was starting to cry and Voltaire smirked.
"So, grandson. I'll ask you again, do you want to do as I say and battle her or watch Black Drazier torture her?" he asked.
Kai lowered his head and thought, but another scream from me made him decide and he looked up.
"Fine, grandfather. I'll battle her." he said.
"Kai, be careful." said Hilary.
"Good choice, grandson, now step forward." said Voltaire.
Kai approached the dish and got his launcher and blade out. I got mine ready too.
"I'm sorry this has happened to you, Dawn." he said as he faced me.
"I don't want your sympathy, Hiwatari. I got into this mess and now I'm a part of Biovolt. I'm sharing my body with Black Drazier and I'm stuck this way, so nothing you can say can help me." I said to him.
"Either way, I'm sorry and I mean it." he replied.
"Cut the yap. Now, 3...2...1...let it rip!" shouted Boris and we released our blades.
"Dranzer, hold her off." commanded Kai and his blue blade pushed against mine so I couldn't move it to get in attack position.
"Hm, not bad. You are a good blader aren't you?" I asked with a smirk.
"I'm one of the best and you know it, Dawn. I trained you, I know all your moves so your chances of winning are slimmer." he said.
"Maybe you have a point, but try this on for size. Black Drazier, emerge." I said, and Kai noticed I said it in fear.
"Okay, Mistress, but this will hurt a bit, so be prepared." the bit beast answered in my mind.
A black glow surrounded me and the black sphinx emerged from inside of me.
"It's nice to be able to move fully in the fresh air. Your days are done, Kai Hiwatari." Black Drazier said in a deep voice to Kai.
"No way, Black Drazier. You are the one who's going to lose. Dranzer, attack!" shouted Kai.
The red phoenix charged towards the black sphinx and clawed at it. He made his mark, but Black Drazier didn't react. A sudden yell from me caught Kai's attention and I held my hand over my chest.
"You poor dope. I'm part of her remember?" said the bit beast to Kai who gasped.
"I can't harm you without harming her. You evil, twisted..." said Kai and growled.
"Grandson, fight back. I want a show." said Voltaire smirking.
"Dranzer, retreat." said Kai and his blade backed off.
"Yes, go Black Drazier, finish him! Black Ray!" I shouted.
Borrowing more energy from me, Black Drazier shot a beam of black fire towards Dranzer, the phoenix screeched and some of the fire landed on Kai's arm burning right through his jacket and t-shirt against his skin.
"Kai, are you all right?" asked Ray.
Kai removed his jacket to check out the wound.
"It'll be okay, Ray." he answered.
"Okay, but be careful." said Ray.
"You're a stubborn fool, Kai." I said, but then groaned as Black Drazier took more energy from me and attacked Dranzer.
Again, the black fire fell all around and some landed on Kai's trouser leg and burnt through to his skin. The fire disappeared, but now it hurt Kai to stand.
"Black Drazier, stop." I pleaded, but the bit beast kept attacking. Kai tried to avoid the fire falling around, but it was making his leg worse.
"We have to help Kai." said Daichi and he released his blade. "Go Strata Dragoon!"
"He's right. Go Dragoon!" said Tyson releasing his blade.
"Driger!" "Draciel!" said Ray and Max respectively releasing their blades.
"Hopper!" said Kenny releasing his non-bit beast filled blade.
"Go guys. Save them." said Hilary cheering them on.
"The losers all want to play? Well, bring it on." said Black Drazier and growled at the challenge.
"You're going down. Come on guys, let's work together." said Tyson.
"Can you do it without me?" asked Kenny as his blade bounced to a stop. Kai lightly smirked.
"Yeah we can, Chief, no worries." said Tyson. "Okay guys, let's do it!"
"Elemental Attack!!" the Bladebreakers all shouted simultaneously.
Their five blades joined in a circle and spun really fast. A multicoloured glow emerged and bore its way down to Black Drazier.
"What is this?" the bit beast asked in panic. "I can't block that."
The multicoloured glow formed into a beam and covered Black Drazier destroying him with one final roar.
"We did it!" shouted Daichi and he jumped onto Tyson and hugged him.
"Guys, what about Dawn?" asked Hilary and the guys looked over at me.
I was barely standing, but I was smiling.
"Thank you, guys...thank you." and I fell to the ground.
Kai came over to me slowly because of his bad leg and picked me up in his arms best as he could.
"Dawn...I love you..." he said slowly and started to cry.
"Stop being a sissy." said Boris and pulled Kai off of me then turned to a guard. "Take them back to their cells."
The guard came over and did. The guys protested, but followed anyway.
"So what about Dawn?" asked Boris turning to Voltaire.
"She's failed us, like my grandson has before, so it's time she becomes Biovolt's property." answered Voltaire. "Take her to the marking room."
Boris nodded and grabbed me up by my arms then dragged me to this marking room. Once we were in there, he slammed me down onto a metal table and strapped me in. I opened my eyes slightly and wished I hadn't as I saw Boris bending over me with a needle in his hand.
"You failed us, Dawn. Now you'll become Biovolt's property." he said and began drawing blue triangles just like Kai's on my cheeks.
I screamed continuously until he was done and even after, I whimpered and my tears fell.
"Take her back to her cell now." said Boris.
A guard grabbed me and took me out of the room back to the dungeons.